Historical Events In March - 13

1855  Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history maximilien Luce, French painter  

1859  On this day in history john Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.  

1859  On March - 13 ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)  

1860  The birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer on March - 13.  

1861  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on this day in history.  

1862  On March - 13 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer  

1865  On this day in history uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service  

1865  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers  

1868  On March - 13 senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial  

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1868  Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.  

1869  Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on March - 13.  

1872  On March - 13 oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist  

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on March - 13.  

1878  On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match  

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on this day in history.  

1879  On this day in history adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60  

1881  In Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government on March - 13.  

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on March - 13.  

1881  Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62 on this day in history.  

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer on March - 13.  

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on this day in history.  

1884  The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on March - 13.  

1884  On March - 13 uS adopts Standard Time  

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on March - 13.  

1885  On this day in history in Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional  

1886  On March - 13 henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist  

1887  Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs on this day in history.  

1887  On March - 13 carlos Isamitt, composer  

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on this day in history.  

1890  Michael Taube, composer on March - 13.  

1890  Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on this day in history.  

1894  On this day in history j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate  

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1372  On March - 13 birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)  

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on March - 13.  

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on March - 13.  

1615  On March - 13 birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)  

1683  On March - 13 birth of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)  

1696  On this day in history birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal  

1700  James Kent, composer was born on this day in history.  

1700  On March - 13 birth of michel Blavet, composer  

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on March - 13.  

1271  On this day in history death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)  

1395  On March - 13 death of john Barbour, Scottish poet  

1516  On March - 13 vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60  

1558  On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies  

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on this day in history.  

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on this day in history.  

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13.